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    • THE NORTHERN STAR. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 18i5.
    • THE NORTHERN STAR, AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL,
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      ^ r . , _ , . . ^^ . ^ . -. „ . „ .., „ . .- - " GRlSmT ' somEE " dThonour of the " PEOPLE'S" REPRESENTATIVE , T . S . DTJNCOMBE , ESQ . This demonstration , the anticipation of which has : uxcited considerable interest - ' caineoff" at the nhitc Conduit House 'IVreni , on Monday e « w ™ 2 ; J ° - 3 rd . At the hour announced a highly resiz able and numerous party sat down to tea m lue splendidassembLvroom . At the top table we oWcd T . S . Duncombe M . P . ; the Rev . A . S . Wade D . 1 ) ., J . Dnncombe , Esq . ; R . Konnan , Iwq- i C . Jenkins , Esq . ; — Hoskins , Esq .: Fcargns 0 Connor , Lsq . ; W . 1 \ ltoberts / &q . ; ilr . J . Berry , the representative of 10 , 000 niinek Mast of the influential trades of the metropolis had also their representatives prc-SGllT tv ¦* 1 ad

      'a _ _ . » -n «»• On the motion of Mr . Balls , the Rev . Dr . ^ e was unanimously called to the chair , Ihc tables beiuir cleared , the gallery , as well as the spacious room , became densely crowded . The Rev . Cn . \ iKM . « read letters spesilring in the iiighesi terms of Mr . Buncombe ' s Parlianientaiy labours , and regretting their inability to be present , from J . Pattison , Esq ., M . P . ; "W . S . Crawford , Esq ., M . P . ; Colonel Thompson ; and T . Wakley , Esq ., M . P . The Chairman then proposed the iiist sentiment— "The People : may they soon obtain their just rights . " lie had great pleasure in proposing this sentiment , for his sympathies had ever been -rath the people , and his earnest desire for the ¦ emancipation of labour . ( Cheers . ) The long-endured

      -wrongs of the many have sharpened their appetite tor knowledge , and the increased and increasing knowledge of the industrious millions , has placed them in a position to act upon a former suggestion of Sir . It . Peel , -riz ., to "take their aflairs into their own hands , " ¦ and by union and organisation obtain their just social rights . ( Loud cheers . ) Wifli this hope he had joined the national movement for the Charter , and now lie had the honour to preside over this aplendidandnumerousassemblageofthepeople . That honour was greatly increased b y the meeting being held within the borough of Einsbury , which had earned for itself the profound gratitude of the people of Great Britain and Ireland , by returning to Parliament that honest , eloquent , and indefatigable

      representative of the interests of the industrious millions of wealth producers , Thomas Slingsby Duncomfce , Esq . ( Loud and prolonged cheering . ) He was nappy to hear that the intelligent and important section of the people , " the Trades of Great Britain , " had again resolved to rally their forces , to associate , and io unite for their social rights . If once nationally anited , and guided by intelligence , tlieir yirtaous efforts must be crowned with success , despite tiie false political economy and false philosophy of the Messrs . Chambers , whose efforts to poisouthe . public mind had been completely defeated by a seasonable and highly talented publication , entitled " Chambers'PhSosophy refuted : or , the Employer and Eniploved , " from the pen of their esteemed

      friend Feargus O'Connor . ( Tremendous cheering . ) The reverend gentleman then lashed most severely what lie termed their anti-Christian aud Mafthusian doctrines , and ably defended the opposite principle by Scriptural texts and well reasoned arguments . Mr . Duncombe , to whom all honour was justly due , had - taken a decided and pre-cmiucntly noble position in Parliament , happily blending the philanthropist with the politician . In that house he was the advocate of those great principles which emancipated America from British oppression , and gave freedom to Switzerland , despite the Austrian Tyrant : , principles which would give full and complete justice to Ireland ; the principles embodied in that glorious document , the People ' s Charter ( loud cheers ) , which the Trades -would mid indispensable to protect their social rights

      when xhey had obtained them ; principles , the adoption of which would render the people happy and secure , and England herself " Great , glorious , and free . " The worthy Doctor resumed bis seat amid great applause . Mr . T . Clakk , M . E . C ., responded . He said he supposed Sir Robert Peel would say his section of the Tories were the people : while Lord John Russell ¦ would say the Finality Men constituted the people ; Mr . D'Israeli and Mr . Terrand would say Young England were the people ; while the Anti-Corn Law League would not be backward in putting in their -claim for the honour ; but he contended that it was the masses who constituted the people . Mr . Clark continued to speak at some length in vindication of the rightful sovereignty of the people , and concluded a very eloquent address amidst loud cheers .

      Mr . R . Moore proposed the second sentiment—** Thomas Slingsby Duncombe , Esq ^ ., the faithful representative of Hie industrious millions in tie House of Commons . " ( Great cheering . ) Nothing but a paramount'sense of the gratitude due to Mr . Duncombe could have induced him to address them . The great , generous , and unexpected services rendered by Mr . Duucowbe to the nation demanded the gratitude of the whole people . He ( Mr . Duncombe ) ¦ was sot ike ' mere representative of the £ 10 householders : for it was acknowledged by all that he had justly earned for himself the title of representative ofthc labouring millions . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Duncombe was the only man who boldly and manfully , in hisplaee in Parliament , advocated the principles

      ofthc People ' s Charter ^ ( Immense applause . ) Mr . Duscombe , in rising to acknowledge the sentiment , was received with the most vociferous applause . After a fewintroductory remarks , the lion , gentleman proceeded to say , that he certainly did not believe that the session about to commence would entitle itself , any more than sessions gone by , to the thanks of Hie millions . They would recollect the vagaries and pranks that were performed last session ; they would remember their votes with reference to the sugar question , given under the threat of resignation on the part of the Tory Administration , whilst the tergiversation of members of the House of Commons with regard to Use factory Sill could never be forgotten . One night they voted that ten hours were amply

      sufficient for the women and children of the men of England to labour , and that they carried' by a small majority . The next evening down went the Premier , -and he said to them , " Gentlemen , if youwon'tmake tie women , and daughters , and young children of England work for twelve hours a day , the country will cease to be governed by a Tory Administration . " The former vote -was rescinded , and at this moment the women of England wore paying the price of a Tory Administration by being compelled to work twelve horns in those obnoxious factories , when every man of feeling must admit that , looking not only to the tvages , bat also to the nature of the occupation itself , ten hours was too much for the fragile frames of women and young children . ( Great cheering . ) Those

      questions of course , would not come on during the present session . They had been disposed of ; but if any attempt should be made again to introduce them the whole thing would be a mere delusion . If they could be passed to-morrow , the next day they would be rescinded , and if such a measure were again proposed he , for his part , would not be a party to such a delusion : he would not be made a fool of by my Lord Ashler or l > y anybody else , voting one day for eight hours , then for ten , and then , because the" Premier told him , wheel about and turn about , and rescind his former votes . ( Cheers . ) Such treatment was an insult aud a mockery , not only to the members themselves , but to all whom they represented . ( Cheers . ) The new session was to commence

      to-morrow , and , of course , the old farce would then commence . About five o ' clock the Speaker would inform tiie house that at two o'clock he was in the House of Lords , where her Majesty had been pleased to make a most gracious speech ; and then he would say that , to prevent anymistake , he had been fortunate enough to Droenre a copy of it . The members would then begin to congratulate him on his good fortune . Then , two gentlemen in armour would get up to move and second the address , which every one who had ever taken the trouble to read an address would know to be nothing but an echo of the speech . ( Cheers . ) The speech would commence by telling them that she congratulated herself and the country on the good feehng and frendship which she

      experienced from all foreign Powers . How much more satisfactory if she could tell them that from one end of her own kingdom to the other there was ndthmgTratliappinessand . contentment . ( Hear ) They would also hear a something of the property and ineome-tax . Sir Robert would say that he had got a a » at surplus . Then how was he to dispose of it ? Some wanted him to repeal the income-tax , the farmers wanted the malt-tax repeated , the mamifactuters would ask for a repeal of the duty on rawmate nala . Sir Robert would be beset on all sides and . would hardly inowhow to get out of his difficulty ; ihen they would say to Sir Robert , as he had once « aid to the TOigs— " If you call us in , we'll tell you how to do it" ( alaugh ); and if he ( Mr . Duneombel

      were called in , he'd soon tell them what to do . He would tell them to call in the people , who would soon let the Government know what sort of taxation they would submit to by which the revenue of the country might be improved and maintained . ( Great cheering . ) With regard to the opening of letters at the Post-office , he could tell them that it was not his intention to let the matter rest . The very last day of the last session he gave notice that at an earlv opportunity he should call the attention of the house to the uncertain and vague character of the Report of the Secret Committee , and to-morrow he should renew that notice . ( Applause . ) After some further remarks , landatflry . of Trades' Unions , Mr . Duncombe concluded by stating his delight that his past career had met with

      their approbation . Their good esteem was toe on ^ reward lie . sought , and , as he Lad it now at S ? Pn ^ Ti e i ^ men 5 of fte session ^ he hoped that S ™ Sfr W . i »« w he 8 h 6 uld % ially ^¦^ f ts ^^ n ^ © atoms , and their able and eloquent tefende ? ttentilrty of Trades ' , Associations , and the S " ^ # ^^^ ^ < w < feni ^ - * a £ ? xr : I ™ ' - *? representative of 10 , 000 Lanea-S ^^^^^^ lcomedbyloudandlng tee only Tr * de » Journal / ' the SbrtternStar , a

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      paragraph stating that a preliminary Conference was to be held , in London to arrange for a National Conference of Trades , and feeling very grateful for the support they had received from the Trades of London , during their late strike , their union of 10 , 000 paying members had sent up , to express their desire to rendci every assistance in their power to carry the plan into operation . ( Loud cheers . ) The Miners had seen the necessity of a general union . Large as their body was , they found that isolated trades could effect nothing , therefore were they prepared to go heart and soul into a general and national plan of erganisation . ( Loud cheers . ) Feaiigus O'Coxxor , Esq ., on rising was greeted with everv demonstration of applause , loud and long

      continued . He said there was a pleasure in living down persecution aud slander . ( Great cheering . ) That night closed the twelfth year of his acquaintance with the people of London . He rejoiced that he still enjoyed their confidence and esteem . ( Loud cheers . ) Mr . Duncombe had discovered that a member of Parliament was useless in that House , unless backed by the voice of the people —( cheers ); and he ( Air . O'Connor ) was happy to find that there was now a public mind to back the exertions of Mr . Duncombe . Well , the Trades were to meet , and the question of surplus labour , must have their attention . Democracy was now treading on the heels ' of aristocracy . He had always said the aristocracy of the Trades was the worst of all aristocracy , and most to be dreaded .

      jS ' ow , the democracy of the church was treading on the heels of its aristocracy—the democracy of land on the heels of its aristocracy — the democracy of the Trades on ' the heels of its aristocracy . Was it not odd that just as the House was about to meet , even here in London , Mr . Duncombe was the only member who met the people to receive then : renewed pledges and support . ' £ hc Northern Star had received honourable mention at their hands . ( Loud cheers . ) He had the honour of starting and establishing that journal , and was happy to find his labours were appreciated . In conclusion , he would say to the Trades , organise ! Hold your Conference ! Do it , and be saved : leave it alone , and you will perish ! Mr . O'Connor sat down amidst the most tremendous cheering .

      Mr . G . Toomey proposed the next sentiment" Thomas "Wakley , Esq ., and the other members of Parliament who support Mr . Duncombe in his exertions on behalf of the people . " The speaker referred to Mr . TPakley's exertions on behalf of the Dorchester labourers , for which he should ever feel grateful . Whenever Mr . Duncombe proposed a measure for the amelioration of the people ' s rights , " Mr . Wakley was there to back him , and though he had not been so often amongst them as they could wish , yet in Parliament he was ever ready to defend their rights , proving himself the honest and honourable representative of Fiusbury and the worthy coadjutor of Mr . Duncombe . ( Great applause . ) Mr . Stme proposed a vote of thanks to the chairman , which was seconded by Mr . F . O'Connor and earned by acclamation .

      The Chairman responded , and said he held it to be the duty of the clergy to be servants of the people , and not the slaves and parasites of the aristocracy . ( Loud cheers . ) Three cheers were then given for Mi . Duncombe , and three for the Charter ; and this portion of the Soiree concluded . The Ball was respectably and numerously attended , and did not close till two o ' clock .

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      T 73 TABLI 8 IIED in Leeds in 1837 , and since then the JCi leading Provincial Journal in the Kingdom , is now published at So . 310 , Strand , London . The object of the Proprietor in establishing the Northern Star was to furnish a fearless and faithful organ for the representation of the Labouring Classes , whose interests from time immemorial hare been shamelessly neglected . The removal of the Star to London has enabled its conductors to supply the reader with the latest intelligence , as well as the most interesting news ; in consequence of which its numher of readers have materially increased hi the Metropolis , and its country circulation can be equalled by few , even the most extensively circulated Metropolitan newspapers .

      From the extensive circulation of the Northern Star , together with the fact that it is read by all classes of society as the organ of the movement party , Advertisers will find it to be a medium of communication with the public at large worth notice . Books and Publications for . review must be addressed ( post paid ) to the Editor , 340 J Strand , London . Advertisements and orders for papers to be addressed to Feargus O'Connor , 340 , Strand , where all communications Trill be punctually attended to . The following extract from the Newspaper Stamp Returns for October , November , and December , 1813 ( since which 1 : 6 returns have been made ) , show- that the Northern Star is far at the head of many old-established London "Weekly Journals : —

      NORTHERN STAR .. .. .. .. 117 , 000 Kewsoftte"World .. 86 , 000 United Service 6 a-Record 83 , 500 zette ...... .. 19 , 509 Examiner 71 , 000 Patriot 60 , 000 Britannia .. .. ... 66 , 000 Spectator 48 , 000 Mark-lane Express .. 51 , 000 Era 41 , 000 Tablet ...... .. 45 , 000 ' John Bull 39 , 000 Observer 41 , 000 Watchman .. ' .. .. 33 , 000 Atlas 37 , 000 Age and Argus .. .. 22 , 500 Nonconformist . .. 30 , 000 Sentinel .. .. .. .. 20 , 000 Bell ' s New Weekly Journal of Commerce 13 , 500 Messenger .. .. 22 , 500 , * # * Observe the Office , 310 , Strand , London .

      CHAMBERS' PHILOSOPHY REFUTED . Just published Price Fourpenee ( forming a Pamphlet of 56 pages demy 8 vo ., in a stiff wrapper ) ,

      THE THIRD EDITION OF A FULL and COMPLETE REFUTATION of the PHILOSOPHT contained in a TRACT recently pubished by the . MESSRS . CHAMBERS , of Edinburgh , entitled the " Employer and Employed . " This valuable little work contains the most complete defence of the demands of the Working Glasses for their Mr share of the enormous wealth created by Machinery , as well as a justification of Trades Unions . The numerous appeals that hare been made to Mr . O'Connor from nearly every part of the kingdom for the publication , in pamphlet form , of those Dialogues that have recently appeared in the Star , have determined him to gratify what appears to be the almost unanimous wish of the Labouring Classes . "The Employer and the Employed , "by Feargus O'Connor , * * * * beats anything even of its author ' s . —Economist .

      Heywood , 58 , Oldhain-strect , Manchester ; Cleave , 1 , Shoe-lane , London ; Guest , Bull-street , Birmingham ; at the Northern Star Office , 310 , Strand , London ; and may be had of all Booksellers and News Agents in Town and Country .

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      THE ROYAL PROLOGUE . The introductory sketch by which the sessional performance for 1815 has been presented to us in the parliamentary text of herJMajesiy , is , to say the least of it , the cleverest , if not the most satisfactory , production of the kind that has come under notice since royal speeches occupied any portion of our attention . The unostentatious praise bestowed on living Toryism at the expense of departed Whiggery , was so nettling to the dead , that Lord John * could not

      forego the opportunity of echoing acquiescence from the tomb , accompanied with , the consolation that the existing " prosperity" was a consequence of policy " cadged" fi-om" the Whig ledger ; and this , with a timely lamentation for the loss sustained by the resignation of Mr . Gladstone , together with the confirmation of his lordship's assertion by the Lord Chief Justice Desman with reference to the Irish state trials , was all the opposition that , for the present , the n » ble lord could offer to the " echo" of the speech .

      The various forms , however , in which John Bull will see the tax-gatherer's hand represented in the Ministerial kaleidoscope , leads us to the idea that the " echo" has not altogether subsided , and that there is yet a lurking rumble similar to that' -which slumbers for a , time amid the Killarney hffls , and at length revives when all thought of response haa vanished . Most people are aware that there is a spot near the lower lake , where , if the question is asked , " How do you do , Paddy Blake ? " Echo , after much apparent reflection , responds "Very well , I thank you , how are you ? " The reiy pertinent feelers thrown out in the royal speech are , one and all , apparently delicate in their , touch ; but John Bull will discover , upon their more , clear

      eluci-^ dation by the Minister , that upon each finger there is a nail , and in erery nail there ia a scratch . yte have very little to do with ; those paragraphs which refer to the visits of the Russian Autocrat and the King of the Frendh , further than to observe , that if there is truth in the eighth paragraph , her Majesty must be a most consummate hypocrite ^ aud for this (; reason y J if her sentuuents tipon : ^ the ; occasion of his f Majesty ' s visit weire . in unison' with all classes of her subjects , ' they were anything but friendly tp her royal guest ; In the tenth . paragraph ]^ we discover , a finisher t ? aiU hope entertained by ; the ^ - wverat grievance , mongers : of any remission of . their peculiar burdens from the Minister ' s surplus . / 'The malt tax , the raw

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      cotton tax , the paper tax , and all others , the remission ofwMcIi / was anticipated , willj it appears , be swallowed up in the increased estimates for extending our steam navigation ; nor indeed should we at all object to the item , if " protection for labour " constituted any portion of that service to whose interest this department is to be devoted . And now we Come'to the consideration of what , to us , appears to constitute the difference between the royal'speech in question , as far as it is an index of Ministerial intention , and all others of the same " genus "—we " mean the policy to be pursued towards Ireland . ' ,. ' .

      From the moment that the question of " Repeal " was first mooted , we have been most ardent supporters of the measure ; and in assigning reasons for our policy , we have always attached paramount importance to the effect that a domestic resident aristocracy must have on the habits , manners , and customs ofHlie Irish people ; entertaining a wellgrounded notion that a liberal system of education would developc the nobler characteristics of a generous people , and hold the grosser passions in subjection . In speaking generally upon the principle of education , we have asserted that " the ignoranco of a people is the tyrant ' s best title to power ; " and we

      must naturally infer that the Minister who is favourable to the extension of education and the diffusion of knowledge , is desirous that the Government of the country should be the reflex ef popular wisdom , rather than the representative of class caprice and supremacy . In arguing the advantages likely to result from the People ' s Charter , we have placed the acquirement of knowledge , as the means of giving full effect to the righteous principle , as paramount to all other considerations , and we have invariably contended with the " educational" Chartists , that upon the success ofthc political principle a general system of education must depend . :

      For these reasons we cannot withhold our just meed of praise from Sir Robert Peel for his contemplated improvement of the Irish people , even in spite of the taunts of the Plumptkes , the Inolises , the Saints , and the Sinners ; and while we regard with contempt that Ministerial diplomacy which would call in the aid of the Pope to assist in the suppression of political agitation , we can , nevertheless , attach due importance to measures which will enable a very sagacious and knowledge-loving people to enforce their own claims for such reform as in tlieir wisdom they should decide on , even to the separation of the two countries . We confess that we were prepared for some sweeping measure of " equality ; " while we further admit that the reality promises to surpass our most

      sanguine anticipations . Her Majesty has , at the same time , directed attention to the report of the Devon Commission , which is shortly to belaid before Parliament ; and although the majority of our cotemporaries , together with ourselrcS j harei entertained no very sanguine hope from the said Commission , yet is it not at all improbable that the inquiry was instituted for the purpose of making out a case which would justify Ministerial interference with the " rights" of Irish property . Before the report from the Devon commission is laid upon the table , we apprise the Minister that the several grievances under which the Irish people will be found to labour , arise , firstly , from the uncertainty , of tenure ; and , secondly , from the inefficiency of the law to protect a tenant of steel against the injustice of the landlord of stvftw .: .

      As it is our intention to analyse the promised report , when it makes its appearance , we abstain from further comment on the subject at present ; and therefore we turn attention to that , portion of her Majesty ' s speech which bears upon'the health of the inhabitants of large towns and populous districts . ' In reference to this . subject we beg to assure her , Majesty ' s Ministers , that improved ventilation , exercise grounds , healthful parks , and washing tubs , —the remedies so generally proposed , — will fall to give satisfaction to the working classes , unless accompanied with other changes and Reforms , and especially with the power of securing to their selves an equitable share of the produce of their own skill .

      The income-tax harness appears to have been so well fitted to the backs that are to wear it , that there can be but little doubt that the'Queen ' s recommendation for its continuance will have the desired effect . So far then as Ireland is concerned , we have good reason to congratulate our brethren on the prospect of mental improvement promised to them in the royal speech ; while we must anticipate equal

      benefits for the , English people from another source than royal inclination or ministerial policy . If the unopposed reply to the speech was an indication of Ministerial strength , we might draw ominous forebodings from that fact ; but when we look to the signs of the times passing around us , we see the elements of an Agricultural storm , which is likely to burst with a tremendous crash over the head of their chosen itinister ..

      Whether the appointment of Sir Thomas FnEKmaniie to the . Irish Secretaryship may be intended as a sop to the Buckingham watch-dog , we arc not prepared to say ; but should it be , the adherents of the noble Duke have now become so alive , to the hopelessness of their condition , that we fear the " gag ging" of his Grace would but have the'effect of opening wider the mouths of his followers . Looking * then , at the present position of Sir RobertPeel , we discover a striking analogy between it and that of his Tory coadjutor , M . Gukot . If a Count Mole should

      spring up in the Tory ranks at home , he would find himself fettered by the very same disabilities and misgivings which prevent Guizot ' s rival from taking advantage of his present weakness . Pjeei , knows that he has nothing to fear from the Whig party ; while the Richmonds and Buckinghams are aware that reliance upon the liberal section of the House to sustain them in office would end in a . short-lived triumph , followed by the recall of their present leader , strengthened as he would be by their necessities to submit .

      It cannot be denied , however , that the fanners " who whistle at the plough" are preparing for a vigorous onslaught upon their order who whistle at Downing-street ; while Young England , though crippled in form , will speak awkward truths , calculated to produce awkward impressions upon the minds of the working classes . And to these fertile sources of dissatisfaction it is impossible to overrate the effect oi Lord John Russell ' s declaration in favour of Free Trade ; : a declaration which doubtless was wrung from him by the conviction that to the Free-Trade party alone he must look for even a decent minority

      We take the liberty of informing him that even in that direction Peel will go beyond him , rather than . lose the surplus of lnVown creation . If the noble Lord looks upon Free Trade as the means ol securing those comforts for the working classes ito which at the close of the last session lie . declared they were entitled , he must court a more , extensive acquaintance with the people themselves , as upon their enfranchisement alone he can ever hope to regain that position from which the Tory principles preserved in hi 3 Reform Bill haye so ignominiously displaced him . -. ¦¦ • ' ¦ . : ;

      The sweeping policy of Peel is pre-eminently calculated to set class against class ; and from a division of class we trust . will result that union of the ' peopie , which may insure an easy triumph over the scattered forces of legitimacy . Most people anticipated a calm and peaceful session : but we see the storm gathering ; and no doubt as ihe tune of dissolution approaches we shall have a " bid" for popular support ; and the appeal , failing to confer advantage upon the .. 'Whigs must driye them in despair into the arms of the people ; and thus , as we have ever predicted ; reduce political parties to Tories and Chartists ^ We arc curious to see how' Mr . " O'Cosnell will receive' the

      Ministerial measures , and still more curious . to discover , by ' what counter agitation ; if any , their effects are to . be neutralised . On the whole , we rejoice in the shadow of the coming substance ; because , ' in the Ministerial measures we recognise the break up of that system by which the rich oppressor has been so long enabled to iord it over the poor oppressed .

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      MR .. WARD AND THE TRADES ' , ; CONFERENCE , Parliament having now assembled , and many questions connected with the interests of masters and capitalists being referred to in the Royal Speech , while the only questiona touched on affecting the interests of the Working Classes are those of " cheap " air and water , we think it high time that the wisdom and knowledge of the Industrious should . be marshalled on behalf of their own order .. That the rcsolution'to hold a General Conference of the Trades ia

      being . daily strengthened , is manifest in the general signs of the times ; but more particularly developed in the , discussion that 'recently took place between Mr . Ward and the working men of' Sheffield . If we required any justification for the policy that wo have pursued on the Labour Question-, we havo but to refer to the speeches even of our bitterest opponents to prove the correctness of our views . The [ whole speech of . Mr . Ward establishes the fact that the party in power are incapable of performing-tho duties required by society ; while the- party out of power he admits have lost office from tlieir total incapacity to rule .

      The long and interesting discussion between the wily representative of Sheffield Capital andthe honest advocate of Sheffield Labour , will be read with pleasure by every working man in the kingdom ; while the incomparable dexterity with wliich Mr . Hriggs joined issue with the honourable member , must have led him to the conclusion that'there is much wisdom outside the House of Commons . To deal with every one of Mr . Ward ' s oft-repeated fallacies , would be to comment on every sentence of his speech ; and therefore we shall at present content ourselves with selecting from his own lips the grounds on which we advocate a Conference of the United Trades , giving ample reason why Mr . Ward himself should aid in the accomplishment of the object .

      Our readers will bear in mind that creation anil distribution of wealth have been the two questions , or rather principles , of social policy to wliich we have especially directed the attention of the labouring classes . We have contended that labour , unrestrained aud free , will create a superabundance of wealth for all classes of society ; and that it is the duty of Parliament to see to the equitable distribution of the proceeds , meantime contending that the labourers

      have not their fair share of the wealth created . Now , upon this subject what says Mr . Ward ? He tells the men of Sheffield : "You are all moving upwards at present : votr are not as well off as you should be ; but looking at the aspect of the political world , the certainty of peace , andthe extension of our foreign intercourse , we have the prospect of along continuance of a good aud healthy trade , if not lnavml by injudicious restraint . "

      Now , will Mr . Ward tell us what there is in prospective calculated to make the men of Sheffield as well off as they should be ? If they are not as well off as they should be , some other parties must BE BETTER OFF THAIf THET OCGHT TO BE . Mr . WaKD is not sufficient of a cosmopolite to desive his words to be measured by the standard of natural comforts and requii'Gmonts ; and therefore we must measure them by that artificial rule , always applied to the comparative measurement of a labourer ' s life . Mr . Briggs joias issue with Mr . Ward , and says : " Government have learned only the art of creation ; he wanted them to learn also THAT OF DISTRIBUTION . " Yes , Mr . Buiggs ; and that is precisely the

      art in which the Government is best skilled ; and to perpetuate the practice of which , Mr . Ward is sent to represent your " masters" in Parliament . The Government does distribute the wealth created : but it gives the lion ' s share to those who will in return enable them to perpetuate misrule : and , however the Imlependent andthe Ms may regret the course pursued by the meeting , the amendment proposed , and carried , was the only means by which a preference for a great principle , over man , could have been manifested . Mi" . Ward discreetly refused to grapple with the stiff questions of Mr : Otley ; and the disinclination ot Mr . Ward ' s backers to witness the superiority of nonelective influence over electoral power was not without meaning . ;

      Weshall just take a few of Mr . Ward ' s arithmetical calculations , and one of his notions of justice , for dissection . In speaking of the disasters likely , to accrue from the adoption of the Short Time principle , Mr . Ward says : "The wages paid every week to those . employed , iu the cotton manufacture are £ 225 , 000 , and there are 450 , 000 persons employedand the goods exported amount to £ 35 , 000 , 000 per annum ! Now then , we ask , what the League—what the Messrs . Chambers , what the Economists will say te this plump contradiction given to their boasted assertion , as well as to the admission of the enormous

      plunder to which the operatives are subjected ? What becomes of the . " One pound average weekly wages , ' urid of the " ability" of the operatives to lay up out of their poor pittance for casualties , as well as the power of acquiring a vote by the establishment of building societies ? 450 , 000 persons employed in the cotton trade , receive an average of ten shillings per week each , amounting annually , if all in full work , and not to speak of "fines" and "batings , " to £ 11 , 700 , 000 . Chambers tells ua , that in this doscription of fabric the proportions of which the value is constituted , are 48 per cent . ' of Labour , and 52 of Capital ; but if the expenditure of £ 11 , 700 , 000 in labour , produces thirty-five millions of fabric , and if Chambers' rule of proportion is correct , we discover

      that instead of the £ 11 , 700 , 000 , the labourers ought to receive more than £ 17 , 000 , 000—or , in other Words ;¦ ' tllfe masters cheat ihem out of between £ 5 , 000 , 000 and £ 6 , 000 , 000 aunualiy . Makingageneral sum of the question , we have the astounding admission from the member for Sheffield , that the masters in one trade alone , employing not a twentieth of the population , actually rob their share of slaves of more than £ 40 , 000 , 000 per annum , nearly double the amount of the interest of the National Debt ; and sufficient to give to four millions of the working classes five quarters of . wheat annually at £ 2 a quarter !! What awkward things these . figures arc ! and how much better would it be had their feeling " sympathiser " confined his arguments to the unarithmetical figures of " . cheap bread , high wages , and plenty to do . "

      Let us now have a word upon Mr . Ward ' s notion of justice . In speaking of the National Debt , the honourable gentlemauwould resist an " adjustment " oh the plea of frequent transfer—thus establishing a principle mostrepugnant to all the laws of equity . , The ] a w ^ ays that a bad title cannot be mended or made better by subsequent deeds or condition ji ; and yet Mi . Ward would establish an injustice upon fabrications of . a precisely similar nature . It is hardly wonderful that the representative should be guilty of such gross inconsistency , when we find tiie press of the masters hardy enough to saddle the iniquities of the employers on the men who are made sufferers by their roguery .

      The Sheffield Independent , in . an attempt to screen the masters from the charge of manufacturing " spurious goods , " has the following " tit bit : "" We beg to remind the workmen , that blameable as are manufacturers in sending forth such articles with false marks , the men who make them ought to consider themselves as parties implieatod , " Now was ever impudence equal to this ? or what answer but ridicule can be offered to such a nonsensi " cal assertion ?; As our friend complains that the proceedings at . Mr ., Ward ' s meeting concluded in the dark , mayhap he wrote his comment without light .

      The Independent informs us that it was impossible to judge of the , numbers wh 6 respectively voted . fbr-and against the amendment , as itwasidark ; while the / m . assures us "that the amendment . was ' . ' carried by a large ' majority ] : '' " great fdct , ' ^' on which we ] , beg tocongvatulate theincinbej . ' and his constituents ; a lesson by which we trust he will : profit , ' a ' nd one which we ! hope the working classes iri ^ very town in . England will , teach , to the topisi of . their' " . master ^ . " . ' , To 6 much praise cannot be given to the . gallant fellows who thus rallied round the standard of Labour , and" defended the charter of their rights .

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      CONSTITUTIONAL LAW V versus JUSTICES' JUSTICE . Off Saturday last John Harding , John * Williams , John Pointon , and John Silmtoe , four Colliers from the Longton district of Staffordshire , were brought before Mr . Justice Coleridge upon a writ of habeas under the following circumstances : —From some gross injustice attempted to be practised by their masters , the men left their work , and were apprehended at eleven o ' clock at night , and dragged to the lock-iip . At ten o ' clock on the following morning they were brought before Bailey Robe , stipendiary magistrate , and Mr . Harvev , one of the " great unpaid , " at present labouring under a severe fit of the

      gout , brought on , no doubt , by his exertions on behalf < of the Working Classes . The men thus kidnapped , drowsy and frightened , requested a postponement of their case , to enable them to procure legal assistance . This just appeal was insolently , and brutally rejected . Tho form of mock trial was entered upon—the evidence of an tinsworn witness was adduced against the malefactors ' , ' who , although their cases were widely different , were tried in a lump for the convenience of their accusers , and in almost "less than no time" they were on the road to Stafford gaol , condemned in the first instance by the sentence to two months' imprisonment , and amended afterwards by the addition of "hard labour" in the oommitment .

      This instance of " amended" justice remindsoneforcibly of the following anecdote . A man was once tried before the Irish hanging-Judge , Lord Norburt , for putting but his tongue at a constable . His Lordship ordered him to be whipped on three successive days from the gaol to the market-house . When his Lordship had concluded his judgment , the prisoner exclaimed : " The devil thank you ; that ' s all you can do ; " whereupon his Lordship , resuming , said : " Hold your tongue , sir ; how dare you interrupt the judgment of the court ? " and then significantly added , "AND BACK AGAIN ! " The " amended " judgment in the case of the above four men was precisely similar in its nature . They were first consigned to " two months' imprisonment , " and subsequently to the additional pain of " hard labour . "

      On Saturday , as we have before said , the men were brought before Mr . Justice Coleridge , who , after a very long argument , sent the men back again to Stafford gaol : but . Mr . Roberts , determined to seek justice from every available source , brought the case on again before Mr . Justice Wightma . v , on Monday last , when an order for the immediate liberation of the parties was transmitted to the gaoler , in whose custody they had been illegally confined . Determined to have ample satisfaction , Mr . Roberts is

      now busily engaged in consulting with counsel as to the best means of making " the Shallows" pay the penalty of their ignorance , and something more . We trusty that however these frequent triumphs may lose their novelty from repetition , that they will never lose their charm in the eyes of the working men . Without union , combination , and concert , these victories never could have been achieved ; and therefore we offer them as the strongest inducement in favour of a combination of the industrious of all

      classes . We have so" often commented upon the frequent legal [ triumphs of Mr . Roberts , as to have little to add at present beyond our congratulations for the additional victory , rendered doubly important by the fact of Mi-. Bailey Rose belonging to the legal profession , and his services being called in to insure such a triumph for , tho masters as would defy the scrutiny of Mr . Roberts . We shall close these remarks with an anecdote of the said Bailey Rose . Mi . Allen , who defended the Staffordshire prisoners in 1842 ,

      was once pleading before the said Bailey Rose , and bad occasion to take frequent exceptions to the rules of law laid down by the stipendiary . The justice ' s pride being hurt , he exclaimed : "Mr . Allen , do you know that I have been in the profession for twenty years ? " "Yes , sir , " replied Mr . Allen , "I know you have ; but what I complain of is , that you have stood still in the profession , and not progressed with the march of mind . " Every Miner in Staffordshire will bear testimony to the correctness of Mr . Allen's observation .

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      Absolutism of the Lancashire . Millocbats . — J [ r . George Canning Ward , M . P . for Sheffield , is requested to read the following additional proof of " the natural mid inesitaUe war of the rieli and the poor , "_ received from our Manchester correspondent i—It becomes our duty to expose another of the many examples of the slavery of the working classes of this miscalled " free country . " It is folly to talk of tiie absolutism of the Russian Czar , or the despotism of the Grand Turk ; the Dlackest and most atrocious oi' their acts arc just and righteous compared with the tyranny of the Lancashire Cotton-lords . Our home tyrants not only make men slaves , but also rob them of right and labour—the right to existence itself . We ¦ will now lay before our readers a specimen

      of English despotism , which , in our opinion , far surpasses in atrocity any edict of the most absolute monarch in the universe . Read , then , the foUowing decree ofthc Cotton-lord of Brienficld-mill , Marsden : —< " Power Loom Weavers — If five minutes too late , to be bated foxirpence ; for a quarter of an hour , eightpence ; for half an hour , one shilling and fourpenee ; for an hour , two shillings ; if absent a quarter of a day without leave , to 6 e Uted Mlf a day ; if half a day , a whole day ' s wages to he stopped ; if a day , two days' wages ; for an end going down three inches , to be bated one halfpenny ; for six inches , one penny ; for each black spot ou a piece , we penny ; float , threepence ; if pulled back ; and down left thertion , \ threepence ; temple-tears , threepence ; for every broken pick , one halfpenny ; if a

      coop bottom found on . the floor , threepence ; a brush found on the floor , threepence ; for each end out ofthc side , one halfpenny . " Tiie above is only about ouesixtli pavt of tho ultasB issued by the desp 6 to £ Mai'S ( len . It is unnecessary to comment upon this precious specimen of Lancashire law-making , for any person who knows anything of power-loom weaving will see at once that it places the weavers so entirel y in the grasp of the tyrant , that he can send them home , after working all the week , without wages , 'f his the hands perfectly understood . ¦ They therefore , as soon as the infernal mandate was issued , struck work one and all , aud are now in the fifth week of their strike . To support these men in their righteous struggle against such gross tyranny ,- is the duty of every weaver iu the county , and

      not the weavers only , but all others ' connected with the cotton trade . Let them therefore look to it , for if the brave lads of Mavstlcu be defeated , it will be their turn next . We must offer a remark upou one portion of the above rules . In reference to the " floats , " the lord of the Brienfteld mill might as well say : I will bate you for every piece you weave , for it is impossible to make a cut without a " float , " which if it be left in , tli ' u flue is threepence ; while if the weaver should stop his loom , aud " nip it back , " it is impossible to weave it up again without having a down upon the cloth ; the undoing of the work takes off the starch or stiffening , and makes the yarn , raw , consequently leaves a down

      wpon the cloth us far us it has been ripped back . So , let . the weaver do as he , may , he is sure to have three-... pencc taken off his ' . ' cut's" price . A splendid way of robbing the poor and defenceless , this ! It is a folly to talk of the oppression of our legislators : their oppression is as nothing ivheu compared to the doings ofthc lords of the long chimneys . Of all the despots in the world , save , O save us , from the cotton lords of Lancashire ! Fhe Leicester committee , for the Cooper Testimonial , ¦ acknowledge the following sums : —Mrs . Adderson , Hull , 4 s , ; Toumorden Chartists , per Mr . Broolt , 10 s .: Leicester , Huwuden locality , ( up to February 1 st , ) £ 13 s . lid . —

      Thomas Mills ' . —The lines are well meant , but not of ¦ sufficient merit for publication . Mb . Tattehsal ' s Liberation . —We are informed that Mr . Tattersal ' s committee have determined to meet that gentlemau on his liberation , on ) the 15 th inst ., at Accrington , from thence to escort him in a carriage , with music , to Padiliam . Prom thence the procession will proceed to Burnley . The Burnley friends are requested to assemble in front of the Mitre Tavei'h , at half-past five o ' clock , preparatory to the procession entering th « town . A tea-party will be held at Burnley the same evauiag , at Beven o ' clock .: All persons holding subcriptions for . the Tattersal testimonial , are requested f to . transmit the same as early as possible to the Secretary , John Place , WinJuU . Burnley . , ¦¦

      The-Tower Hamlet Emends had better wait and see the effect of'the application to the-party who has so grossly misrepresented them , before we interfere . ¦ We ¦ have an idea that their attempt at " refuting" ¦ the ' ' calumnies of theBattersea XrHtft-feKerwil ^ notb ' every ¦ graciously seconded by the hero of Portugal-street ¦ ' ¦ ' But we shall see . ;¦ ¦ » : ; :.: . ¦•¦ ¦ : ' : s : .= W . Beeblet , Blacoubh .--There is a good deal of truth in his letter ; and we shaU endeavour to profit by the ' advice given so friendly by . one we are proud . tri reckon as a friend . He' knows that we have always set our ' face against the folly he speaks of ' . and we shall dp so ' more determinely than ever . ' J _

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      The Southampton Fbiends . —We at once apologise t « Mr . Gammage for the seeming censure cast on ] ,-last week , in oui « remarks on the recent treatment ei perienced by the Executive Committee . It seems th t what he did was done by order of the Council ofii ; locality , who were induced , by a communication li had received , to believe that foul-play had . been p * a » tised . They are now satisfied that suehwiis uot t j / fact ; and their explanation in return is as satisfactory William Bell ani > Ambbose Hukst . —They must surely have forgotten themselves . The letter they have takCg the trouble to vc-copy and rcsend , has already ap . pcared in print . It was on that " printed publicati on ' that our few comments were grounded . It is too much to ask us to do that which we formerly declined for good reason ; and the doing of which by themselves j n

      another manner , we hold not to be justifiable . James Ronald , Paisley . —We have not the menus of reference * at hand ; but if our correspondent will gct CobbeU ' s Register for 182 G , under the head " Greek ify' . he will find more than enough of Brown Bread Joseph ^ queer doings . P £ TEii Brown , Glasgow . —There lias been no imposi . tion . The work is not advertised as new . It has been advertised several times in the Star , as have most of the other works included in the advertisement he sjieah of . What his notion of the work was , tho party udv . " tising ave not answerable for . Alex . Gray , Alloa . —We believe the practice is to | et emigrants take all books or papers they may need fof ( Act * - own vie duty free . What the law on the subjcfj is we know not .

      J . IIollingwobthy , Manchesteb . —Mr . O'Connell garj " evidence " before a Committee of the House of Lord ; in the year 1825 ( we believe ) , iu which he there pro . ' posed the disfranchisement of the 40 s . freeholders , as the basis of "Emancipation . " Petes Henley , Northampton . —We cannot afford spatj just now . C . K ., Attebcliffe . —We cannot advise . It is a caseij which a lawyer alone can work . Geobge Robinson , Alnwick . —The opening and pa ceedings in Parliament have occupied all our available space . Isaac Bbice , Ocsebcrk . —Unless it was specially agree , on to receive and accept three mouths' notice to- < m ! t , ijj notice iu his case is not sufficient . And even i | such agreement had been made , the notice shouli

      been given before the 2 nd of February : so on tlia ; ground the notice is insufficient . In all cases of year . by-year tenancy , unless it be specially agreed on to ti > contrary , full six months' notice , to quit on either side must be given , the said notice to expire on the lay I day of the year of tenancy . An agreement for takio . or letting premises need not bo stamped . ' 5 Wm . IIatwoob , STBEATiraai . —The above anstver « f I apply to his case . The landlord can demand a , months' notice or six months' rent ; . John Paiie , Hamilton . —We have handed the Tetter n 1 the Executive . John Peacoce , Clasgow . —Received . '& . —Tlic lines would do our correspondent no credit' otherwise , on the ground of principle , we should hare no objection to publish them . S

      S . J . —The third edition of Chambers' Philosophy llefutei p was not ready in time for parcels last week ; Mr . CIeate j could not get them till Friday . If the Small Farms at ; ffl wanted in boards , Mr . Cleave has a few copies ; orif |§ in numbers , there are plenty at 340 , Strand ; the work § 5 being stereotyped ; there is not any difficulty in getting p any of the numbers wanted . The Fifteen Lessons oa W Grammar were not to be had at the time ; more are no * * g ready , and no doubt , if he orders again , he will gttaft || f he wants . . § % . — *» - i 5 i

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      DISOnACEPUL CONDUCT OF WM . LC-VKtt ASb " lllf & SQUAD OF " SAFRON-HILL BltUlSEItS . " § g | The parliamentary campaign has opened , and with | it another . attempt on the part of the " cheap-bread Wem low-wage crew , " to force themselves on public ate ra tion , and achieve a semblance of popularity . Driven am from every " open" meeting they have essayed Sg on their , own account ; forced to take refuge in ffiffi 'Hicketted" places of " refuge" for the defeated , ttff l tlieir proceedings have only excited derision awl » g contempt , because , it was evident that public opinioa HH would not tolerate their nostrums . To get , thercfoft ffl the " ear of the public" in an apparently open nian « « g ner , is with the Leaguers an object of fii-stratc to Bh portance—an ' object worth all that is left of A * Mm £ 100 , 000 . All sorts of schemes to effect this M « deratum have been put in practice ; and among tliea nig the following , which has failed , aa have all the former SII

      ones . , mm In Holbom there is a building dignified with if WB high and sounding title of the " Natioxal Hall . " } III is not the Queen ' s residence , nor the place of meeting h for the collective wisdom . It does not belong to the B || " nation" at all , but is merely a " twopenny top rag shop ; rented by Win . Lovctt for the use of his pay Mm masters . When not required as a place of a ? si < l » $ & £ tion for the '' moral" of the two sexes , it is used asl I lecture room : but all the proceeds arising from every Mm "trading" scheme put in force by the " proprietor m have not been sufficient to meet the outlay . Vf mm " National Hall" has been kept open solely by tt « §| contributions of the leading Free Trade M-lVs , )** ivoKk the holders and occupiers have been doing $ || I effectually as to justify the pay . We could nam « mm parties who havo given as much as ^ 100 atou « : and the report we are going to insert will slion * " mm xvhaithe money has been paid , and how tiie m mm

      iind-soul sold ones try to earn the " wages of pi * "' « $ tution . " ill For some time past the platform in this H » 11 Ii 3 ! k | been occupied by Mr . J . W . Fox , the « n-Rcv «^ §||§ Priest , who never preaches for money ! Will Lov «| mm knows who guarantees him two guineas a lecture , ^ mm he knows also that the " patriot" receives twoj * B ||| neas more out of the " plunder of the public . " ^ Wi ® gentleman has boxed the compass for siifytecf . Mm which to descant ; and it was hoped that he had tf , gg cicntly paved the way for the opening of a Free Tri * g | agitation in the name of the Chartists . . The paw E || holding the " National " . BaH-i'ooni . eall tliciusiw 11 Chartists ; and to be able to " come , out" undci ^; || | guise would . serve the Free Traders well . Acw mm ingly , on Tuesday evening last , the attempt was w ^ mm in the Iperson of Mr . George Thompson , the s ^! I | f spouter , who , like his brother , Fox , never sclb ^ MM " words" for filthy lucre ; with what success let' * g sequel tell . mm ¦

      ; The following report is from " our own corrwP * iii dent . " He was present on the occasion , ! <" % rt E | B what he here describes . To-day ( Thursday ) wf §§ S visited on other business by an active Free 'ft » #£ MM one who has often to transact business in th e I * || H office itself . To him we read over the report ; ^ mm he bore honourable testimony to its truth . lle & pffl unhesitatingly ; that when Mr . G . Thom pson gn ?' , i « sort of half proriiise that there should Iw . "'^ . ^ sion , lie was listened to with the most marked i » . 1 | § H tion ; and that the cause of the disturbance , ^ | » ultimately broke iiptlie meeting . was Mr . Tho"" ^ , || gj most unwamntable and most unjustifiaWc p"J tiitim ing , '; in ordering two men to be turned ou to ^ £ & mcetiric . on the false and ' scandaloiis pleat ' V # ^ B

      , wer ' ednoift . He said , moreover , that till ? « f ft | f 9 knowledgcd by the officials ofthc Leaguc-om ' $ ma and thht ; , thcy condemned Mr . Thomps on ^ y iM overbearing and ' tyrannical conduct . i " | ei , pg 9 | wegiye , testified to , as it is , by one of the } itji g « M Leaguers ' present'on the occasion ; and ve S ^ V , mm an answer to . the false and lying reports insw . ^ gj Mr . Wm ; Lovett in the tap-tub , and m tnej » J Hj slaverer of rovalty , ; the " all-things-to-a"" mm sun : — v ' ;¦ . ¦ ¦ "¦ ¦ ¦"' ; : ¦ ;• :. . - nme ^ Wm "Free THADEus .-Placavda ,. have for »? # •» past been posted from eastto . west . and P& * i »; ^ B south , of . the- metropolis ; containing the » TOr 3 W WM nouncemerit :- "ANTI-CORN LAW !* 4 % ^ M meeting of the friends of Free Trade wjU " « ^ $ MB the National-hall ; "Holbom , on Tuesday " ^ jH FebruaryfthfwlieriMy . G . Thompson ^ LtftWM lecture . Admission Free .. Reserved Bcateior ' ifj ) mm Tolconunence at eight o ' clockV" Atjthe tmWr n

      The Northern Star. Saturday, February 8, 18i5.

      THE NORTHERN STAR . SATURDAY , FEBRUARY 8 , 18 i 5 .

      The Northern Star, And National Trades' Journal,

      THE NORTHERN STAR , AND NATIONAL TRADES' JOURNAL ,

      = M The Last " Free Trade" Dodge. §G

      = m THE LAST " FREE TRADE" DODGE . § g

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      MONIES RECEIVED BY MR . O'CONNOlt . j :.. executive . * £ s . l p Proceeds of a Soiree held at Killicoulty .. .. 1 5 0 m Rotherham .. ..... . ' .. ' 0 10 0 fsg A few friends , per Win . Cameron , Glasgow .. 0 Go M From James Stevenson , Cullen , Banffslrire ., 005 fisf SUBSCRIPTIONS . i From Killicoulty 0 jj 1 From Birkenhead 0 , 7 3 ijg From Hamilton' .. „ Q 3 q M HAND BOOKS , < t'C . M From Cock ' ermoutli .. 0 3 2 || DUNCOHBE TESTIMONIAL . f | Prom Hull , collected by Win . Smith 0 12 3 m From B , J . and two friends .. ., ' .. .. o 3 t m From Cockermouth o 10 0 M From llotherham .. .. .. .. .. ,. o 10 0 11 UBS . ELLIS . ' M From J . S . N o i 0 M RECEIPTS PER GENERAL SECRETARY . M SUBSCRIPTION ' . g $ s . d . ,. « . §§ Wootten-under-Edge 2 o Coventry 5 o m Clerkenwell .. .. 16 Salford lo o g § Camborne .. .. 1 o Northampton ( Old to- m Leeds lo 6 cale ) ¦ „> j m cards . ' M Redditch .. .. 19 Longton 1 } m Northampton ( Old Lo- Do ., one hand-book m p cale ) .. „ „ 4 o Northampton ( Old Lo . m Burnley 6 0 cale } , ditto .. .. > j m Marsden ( hand-books ) 19 § 1 DONATIONS . H Hedditch , T . Prescotfc 2 6 Jfr . Broadbeat , Siack . H Do ., H . Mole ... .. 2 6 field .. .. ... \ r , M Do ., Mr , Cook .. .. 2 S / H VICTIM FUND . H Clock-house , Westminster 5 } || DU . VCOMBE TESTIMONIAL M Mr . Lacey , Wootten-under-Edge .. OS m W . Bennett , ditto o 8 §§ MB . PIIESTON " . H Mr . Edwards o 8 M

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      Many localities have neglected to send their decisions m relative to the election of the ensuing Executive , Conven . m tion , &c . ; others have neglected to send the nimiberof m tlieir votes , and to specify whether , in the event of a Con- M ventiou being held , it shall take place in London or Leak , SI This must be remedied previously to the 12 tU of thil ffl month , which is the latest day the poll can be kept open , m THOMAS MARTIN WHEELER . M

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      THE NORTHERN ? STAR- ; - ^^^ $ MWik& .

  • Citation
    • Northern Star (1837-1852), Feb. 8, 1845, page 4, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ns/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1301/page/4/